on hold
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With the construction of thousands of units now put on hold or cancelled, there will be fewer units entering the market by the end of the decade.
From BBC
The data are unlikely to change the European Central Bank’s assessment that it is “in a good place” and expectations that interest rates will stay on hold in the coming months.
Since that meeting, U.S. third-quarter gross domestic product figures came in well above expectations too and, as a result, money markets price in an 85% chance that rates will be left on hold at the next Fed decision on Jan. 28.
We are the wealthiest and most glamorous, we are living the best lives, Amal Clooney’s on line one, the pope’s on hold.
"Talks have been put on hold due to the holiday season and will resume soon," the club wrote, saying they hoped to resolve the situation "before the opening or at the start of the next transfer window" in January.
From Barron's
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